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Willie Manders and Frank A. Terry, in character; posing back to back. Photographic postcard, 192-.
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Wilfred Watson in drag. Photographic postcard.
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'Vic' (or Vi?) in drag. Photographic postcard, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1945 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: He poses wearing a white fluffy scarf, black dress and holding a cigarette; with styled blonde hair. He is sitting on a stool in front of musical note projections. Fan photograph of an unidentified... -
Two young men, one in drag, playing rag and bone men. Photographic postcard, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Two unidentified young lads dressed up in comedy fancy dress in the 1920s at an unidentified British location. They are playing a rag and bone merchant and his wife.The young man on the left has a ... -
Two young boys in single beds applying make-up and perfume to themselves. Colour process print after Rob-Vel, 193-.
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Two men in elaborate drag. Photographic postcard. 192--.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Two men in elaborate drag dressed for an occasion. Head and shoulders portrait of two men in elaborate period costume (although quite which period is a mystery). Lots of wig and make-up, and the wa... -
Two members of the Quaintesques pose in front of a poster advertising Billie Manders. Photograph, 192-.
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Two actors pose on stage: a man wearing top hat and tails gazes down at a man in drag. Photographic postcard, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The man in drag is seated wearing white, and the man in the top hat wears a monocle and tilts the seated man's head upwards. Amateur theatricals in South London (judging from an inscription on the ... -
Tommie Rose in drag. Photograph, 1948.
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Tom Delaware in drag. Photographic postcard by Fielding, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Tom Delaware in Spanish dancer style character drag. He wears a large black hat and has styled blonde hair; gazing upwards beyond the viewer. A typical touring act that might have appeared in any o... -
Tom Delaware in character. Photographic postcard by Fielding, 192-.
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Tiki Carpenter in drag as "The dancing Australian". Photographic postcard, ca. 1927.
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Three actors perform on stage. Photographic postcard, 1928.
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"The Hassans" in character, performing on stage. Photographic print, 192-.
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Terry Gardener in drag. Photograph, 1946.
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Terry Bartlett in drag. Photographic postcard, 1938.
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Terry Bartlett in drag. Photograph, 193-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1930 to circa 1940 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actor, in drag, wears a thin black dress and sits looking upwards smiling; with styled blonde hair. He holds his lower leg with one hand as his knee is upright, drawn in towards his torso. The ... -
Stanley Cooke in drag as Charley's aunt. Photographic postcard, 19-- (?).
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1900 to 1999? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Publicity postcard for Stanley Cook in 'Charley's aunt', the phenomenally successful farce by Brandon Thomas, which broke all theatre records in London when, after its opening in 1893, it ran for 1... -
"Sisters 'B'" in drag. Photographic postcard, 194-.
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Sailors, some in drag, pose as three couples on the deck of a ship. Photographic postcard, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The couples are all hugging; one man is dressed as a sailor with clown make-up. Fun and games on board ship. Improvised drag on board ship, used with partial naval uniform -
Roy and Gus, two music-hall actors, one in drag, converse across a bench. Photographic postcard by Greenfield Bros, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The man in drag is offering a smartly dressed man a flower, while sitting on the small bench, in front of a plain background. 'Roy & Gus', unidentified performers photographed by Greenfield Bros., ... -
Ronnie Stewart in drag for 'Soldiers in skirts'. Photograph, 1947.
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Reg Wright in drag. Photographic postcard by Dyche, 19--.
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Reg Stone, in drag, wearing a fur coat. Process print, 1927.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1927 Topics: Female impersonators Description: He poses with styled hair, gazing over his shoulder. Reg Stone was the star of 'Splinters', one of the concert parties formed in France by British servicemen in World War I. The group re-formed aft... -
Ralph Mellor in drag. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The Scottish comic actor Ralph Meller (or Mellor) in an unidentified pantomime role. He is in drag standing next to a young girl, holding her hand; both wear matching white costumes -
Ralph Mellor in drag. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.
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Ralph Mellor in drag. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 19--.
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Ralph Mellor in drag. Coloured photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.
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Ralph Mellor in drag and another actor perform a scene in Trilby. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.
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Ralph Mellor in drag and another actor perform a scene in Trilby. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: One of the actors is in drag looking at the viewer with his arms stretched forwards; another man wearing a false beard has his hand above the head of the man in drag. The Scottish comedian Ralph Me... -
Ralph Mellor in drag and another actor perform a scene in Trilby. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Ralph Mellor in drag looking at another man wearing a false beard; who holds his hand above the head of the man in drag. They are apparently performing a skit on the 1895 novel and play 'Trilby' by... -
Ralph Mellor in drag and a young actress stand back-to-back on stage. Photographic postcard by L.S. Langfier, 192-.
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Peter Love posing in drag. Photograph, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1945 to circa 1950 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actor in drag is naked, sitting upright, wearing elbow-length gloves and heels. He is side-on and turns his head to face the viewer, gazing downwards, with big blonde hair and make-up. A risqué... -
Paul Pitt in drag, posing in flowery garments. Photographic postcard, 194-.
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Paul Kemp in drag as Charley's aunt. Photographic postcard, 1933/1934.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1933 to 1934 Topics: Eyeglasses, Female impersonators Description: He holds up a quizzing glass. The German actor Paul Kemp (1896-1953) played Brandon Thomas's eponymous heroine in 'Charley's aunt' in Germany, and starred in the film version ca. 1935, for which th... -
Passengers on RMS Armadale Castle, some in drag, pose for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 1933.
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Oscar Sabo dressed as a woman with Josefine Dora dressed as a man, as flamenco dancers. Photographic postcard by L. Willinger, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to circa 1930 Topics: Female impersonators, Role reversal Description: Oscar Sabo (1881-1969) and Josefine Dora (1867-1944). Gender role reversal on a German–made photo postcard depicting two celebrated Austrian actors performing (unusually for them) in drag. Unidenti... -
Nine men dressed up on deck. Photographic postcard, 192-.
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Men on a large stage set. Photographic postcard. 191- - 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A beautiful large chorus group on an ambitiously painted 'neo-classical' stage set with painted pillars, curtains and flats, and a small battleship painted on the 'proscenium arch'. Ten of the perf... -
Men in drag pose outside dressed in summer attire. Photograph, 194-.
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Members of Roy Cowl's "Queeries" pose for a group portrait in Llandudno. Photographic postcard, 1930.
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Members of "Harry Gold's Margate Entertainers", one in drag, pose for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 1937.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1937 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The group pose together wearing matching white summer attire and the men also have straw hats. Harry Gold (born Patrick Ricks; 1866-1946) started a troupe of entertainers in Margate as early as 190... -
Members of "Harry Gold's Margate Entertainers", one in drag, pose for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 1937.
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Louis Hayden in drag. Process print, 1946.
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John Lindstrom in drag. Photographic postcard, 19--.
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Jimmy Slater in drag. Photographic postcard, 1945.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1945 Topics: Female impersonators Description: He is wearing a delicately patterned dress, has styled blonde hair and is smiling at the viewer. Jimmy Slater (1896-1996) enjoyed one of the longest and most successful careers as a drag artist, en... -
Jimmie Slater in drag. Photographic postcard, 192-.
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Jackie Coogan in character as a little Flemish girl. Process print, 192-.
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"Jack P." in drag, wearing a white hat. Photographic print, 192-.
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Henry, a man in drag, wearing a white fur stole. Photograph, 1933.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1933 Topics: Female impersonators Description: He wears very neat make-up and a silk(?) robe; gazing away from the viewer. Glamour drag with inscription which may refer to Chicago World's Fair of 1933. The hair and make-up are heavily influence... -
Henri Defreyn in drag as a geisha. Process print after G. Dupont, 19--.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1900 to 1999? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Henri Defreyn performing a parody of Sada Yacco, geisha and actress. The extremely popular Japanese entertainer Sada Yacco had toured the world 1900-1903 and caused a sensation wherever she went. S... -
Harry Smallwood and another man stand in a field, one in drag and the other wearing Turkish inspired costume. Photographic postcard, 1925-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1925 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Smallwood wears hastily put together drag and carries a mid-19th century carriage parasol. His partner wears a star and crescent on his hatThe two men represent "East meets West" according to an in... -
Harry Gordon performing in drag. Photographic postcard, 194-.
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Harry Gordon in drag. Photographic postcard, 192-.
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German actors, some in drag, gather on stage at a party. Photographic postcard, 1930-45.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1930? to 1945? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The actors, playing a variety of characters, are drinking and in conversation on stage, with lanterns hanging from the layered stage ceiling. A German amateur theatrical (presumably military) group... -
George Harris in drag as a young woman. Photograph, 1946.
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George Coutts in drag. Photographic postcard, 194-.
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Freddie Forbes in drag impersonating Clara Bow. Photographic postcard by Fielding, 1929.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1929 Topics: Female impersonators Description: He wears a comical expression, as he rolls his eyes, having styled hair and dark lipstick. A boldly autographed card showing Freddie Forbes (1896-1952) in the revue 'Between ourselves', at the Leed... -
Fred Spencer in male dress smoking a pipe. Photographic postcard, 192-.
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Fred Spencer in drag. Photographic postcard, 192-.
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Foster and Ninon in character, having a conversation. Photographic postcard, 192- (?).
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Eleven men on a large stage set. Photographic postcard. 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A mixed drag and uniform group on an elaborately (if poorly) painted 'neo-classical' stage set with painted pillars, curtains and flats, and a small battleship painted on the 'proscenium arch'. Fiv... -
Eddie, a man in drag poses for a close-up, wearing a pearl necklace and styled hair. Photographic postcard, ca. 1925.
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"Derkas ?", dressed in drag, on stage. Photographic postcard, 1928.
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Cecil Beaton in theatrical drag, with others. Photograph by Hill & Saunders , ca. 1925.
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Cecil Beaton, in drag; dressed in a tight-fitting lamé dress. Photograph, ca. 1925.
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Cecil Beaton, in drag; dressed in a patterned dress. Photograph, ca. 1925.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1925 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Cecil Beaton in elegant early-1920s drag, whilst at Cambridge, wearing a very large hat and glancing to one side. Every detail of costume, hair, maquillage and accessories are as perfect as one mig... -
Billy Lorraine in drag, posing for a portrait. Photographic postcard, ca. 1930.
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Billie Manders in drag; vignette portrait. Photographic postcard, 1929.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1929 Topics: Female impersonators Description: A close-up portrait of Billie Manders, late 1920s. The hair and make-up show Hollywood influence, with heavily plucked brows, false eye-lashes and precisely outlined lips -
Billie Manders, in drag. Process print, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1923 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: No slouch where costume was concerned, the photograph shows Billie in a spectacular jewelled and bullion-embroidered headdress of the variety known as a 'headache band ', high fashion circa 1923-19... -
Billie Manders in drag. Photographic postcard, 192-.
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Billie Manders in character. Photographic postcard by J.A. Harding, 193-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1930 to 1939? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Billie Manders wearing a black dress and raising the sides of his skirt. He was a popular Rhyl-based female impersonator: he and his troupe 'The Quaintesques' were concert party entertainers from t... -
Billie Manders in character. Photographic postcard, 192-.
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Billie Manders in character. Photographic postcard, 192-.
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Bert Ward in drag as a glamorous woman. Photographic postcard, 1947.
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Bert O'Dare in drag, performing on stage. Photographic postcard, 1946.
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Bert Errol, in drag, dressed as a bride. Photographic postcard by Apeda, 192-.
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Bert Errol, in character, wearing an elaborate white dress. Process print, 1925.
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Bert and Henri, in character; wearing evening dress, one of them in drag. Photographic postcard, 1936.
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Bartlett and Ross in drag pose in profile, with matching hair and make-up. Photographic postcard, 1937/1938.
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An amateur actor in drag, wearing a flapper dress and white footwear. Photographic postcard, 1925-1928.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1925? to 1928? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Mr. R. Morrell in drag is standing on rough ground. He poses in a 'flapper' style dress at an unidentified location, most likely an army camp. The fashion details (long ear pendants, sautoir neckla... -
An amateur actor in drag, posing as as 'Ninon', wearing a white dress and hat. Photographic postcard, 192-.
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An actor in drag, posing in a studio. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-.
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An actor in drag, posing for a portrait. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-.
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An actor in drag, posing for a portrait. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-.
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An actor in drag, posing for a portrait. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1940 to 1949? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Apparently dressed as a comic working-class woman, he wears a long skirt and a coat, and holds a (dog-shaped?) bag on stage. The bag has polka dots which match his top -
An actor in drag, posing for a portrait. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-.
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An actor in drag. Photographic postcard, 192-.
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An actor in drag. Photograph, 194-.
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An actor in drag, performing on stage. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-.
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An actor in drag, performing on stage at the Windmill Theatre. Photograph by Mme Yvonne, 194-.
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Amateur actors, some in drag, gather for a group portrait, in a room with a fireplace. Photographic postcard, 192-.
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Amateur actors, some in drag, are having tea on stage. Photographic postcard, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The stage set furnishing is very detailed. Amateur theatricals in England, 1920s. The central figure pouring tea is a man in drag, but the other female roles are played by women -
Alfred Wellesley in drag as Mrs Sinbad. Photographic postcard, 192- (?).
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Actors, some in drag, pose for Ernie Payne and Bennie Browne's "New Signals" revuette. Photographic postcard, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The group pose sitting down, in a line, with men in evening dress alternating with men in drag. A semi-amateur revue in the mid-1920s. The three drags are wearing short flapper costumes, including ... -
Actors, some in drag, pose at a "French" concert party. Photographic postcard, 1942.
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Actors, one in drag, performing "The man From Toronto", pose on set for a group portrait. Photographic postcard, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Actors posing for an apparent publicity shot. Members of the popular touring Denville Stock Company in a production shot for 'The man from Toronto', a popular comedy in three acts by Douglas Murray... -
Actors in pantomime in Brighton: S. West playing King Robert of Remlaf and H. Taylor in drag as Queen Aggie of Remlaf. Photographic postcard.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1900 to 1999 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Amateur theatricals in Brighton. The Queen was a popular Dame figure in pantomime. Identities of cast members from pencil inscription on verso of print catalogued. Remlaf is a palindrome of Falmer,... -
A young man in elaborate drag sits in front of a painted sky backdrop. Photographic postcard, 1934.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1934 Topics: Female impersonators Description: An unidentified young man in a stylish and expensive-looking costume, consisting of satin shoes and a tiered lace and tulle gown, the whole topped by a plumed and sequinned toque headdress -
A young man in drag poses in a flowery dress. Photographic postcard, 192-.